Agile and webPLAN Partner to Deliver Demand Chain, Supply Chain and Sourcing Solution; Internet-Based Solution Seamlessly Integrates Design, Configuration and Production.

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LAS VEGAS, Nev.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 4, 2000

Agility 2000-- webPLAN(R) and Agile Software Corporation (Nasdaq:AGIL) today announced that they have partnered to deliver an integrated solution that combines Agile Anywhere(TM) with webPLAN CeO(TM). Together, the webPLAN-Agile solution will provide manufacturers with a web-intrinsic platform that supports real-time collaboration on product content management through to supply chain and demand chain management.

"webPLAN and Agile believe that web-intrinsic solutions are the key to rapid growth and long-term profitability," said Michael Ker, President and CEO, webPLAN Inc. "Our combined solution allows manufacturers to seamlessly integrate the supply chain, the demand chain and sourcing with execution systems for unprecedented visibility and velocity. This increased level of responsiveness creates a first-to-market advantage, resulting in increased market share and greater profitability. "

"Collaborative manufacturing solutions are critical to success in the age of e-Business," said Bryan Stolle, Agile's Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. "By creating an integrated Agile-webPLAN solution, we're offering customers a platform for real-time communication that encompasses every aspect of the manufacturing process. This hybrid solution allows manufacturers to eliminate inefficiencies, dramatically reduce costs and increase productivity."

Market Opportunity:

The Supply Chain Management (SCM) market generated $2.6 billion in revenues in 1998, according to AMR Research Inc. More importantly, the expected use of the Web as a facilitator of inexpensive real-time access to salient data on the part of all participants in any given supply chain is expected to accelerate SCM market growth to $18.6 billion in 2003. Looked at another way, Web-based SCM is another piece of the business-to-business e-commerce market, which, according to the Yankee Group, is expected to grow at a compound annual rate of 41% over the next five years, reaching $541 billion.

About webPLAN:

webPLAN's solution to the e-Business imperative faced by manufacturers today is webPLAN CeO. It integrates supply and demand chain management, product lifecycle management, customer relationship management and strategic and enterprise planning with tactical execution systems over the Internet. webPLAN CeO is a strategy and solution-set for increasing shareholder value with an e-Business model that amalgamates self-service, visibility, collaboration and optimization with a web-intrinsic architecture.

webPLAN solutions have been adopted across multiple tiers by visionary companies such as Lucent Technologies, SCI Systems, Honeywell Aerospace, Cessna Aircraft, Black & Decker, Ryobi Outdoor Products, John Deere, Caterpillar and Epson. They have been endorsed by industry analysts, chronicled in national case studies and studied by academia. A global community of over 8,000 users now employs webPLAN as its e-Business and supply chain solution.

webPLAN Inc. is a privately held company with corporate offices in Chicago, Illinois and Ottawa, Canada. For more information on the company, its services and its products, visit www.webplan.com.

About Agile:

Agile Software Corporation (Nasdaq:AGIL) is a leading supplier of business-to-business collaborative manufacturing commerce solutions. Agile products enable supply chain partners to communicate and collaborate over the Internet about new or changing product content, and then source and procure the required components. Customers include Agilent Technologies, Compaq Computer, Dell Computer, Flextronics International, GE Medical Systems, Hewlett-Packard, Jabil Circuit, Lucent Technologies, Philips, SCI Systems, Texas Instruments, and others. For more information, call 408-975-3900, or visit Agile at http://www.agilesoft.com.

Copyright (c) 2000 webPLAN Inc. All rights reserved. webPLAN, webPLAN CeO and Collaborative Planning are trademarks of webPLAN Inc. All other brands and product names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners and should be treated as such.

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1995: Information in this release that involves Agile's beliefs, hopes, plans, expectations, intentions or strategies regarding the future consists of forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties, which are based upon information available to Agile as of the date of the release, and we assume no obligation to update any such forward-looking statement. These statements are not guarantees of future performance and actual results could differ materially from our current expectations. Factors that could cause or contribute to such differences include, but are not limited to, delays and difficulties in introducing new products and upgrades of existing versions of our products; lack of market acceptance of Agile Anywhere or Agile Buyer or other new products or services; inability to continue timely delivery of competitive new products and services; introduction of new products or services by major competitors; risks related to the Internet on our business and prospects; and our ability to recruit or retain necessary personnel. These and other factors and risks associated with our business are discussed in the Company's Form 10-K filed July 24, 2000.